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Annual Whanganui monster book sale underway

Liz Wylie
By Liz Wylie
Multimedia Journalist, Whanganui Chronicle·Whanganui Chronicle·
23 Mar, 2018 04:00 AM2 mins to read

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Books are selling fast at the annual sale but organiser Ian McGowan said there are still plenty of titles available. Photo/Bevan Conley

Books are selling fast at the annual sale but organiser Ian McGowan said there are still plenty of titles available. Photo/Bevan Conley

Abound 50 people were queuing outside the door when the Rotary Club of Whanganui opened the doors to their annual Monster Book Fair on Thursday.

New Zealand history and military books have been the most popular sales so far said organiser Ian McGowan.

This 11th year of the annual sale is the busiest yet say club members and the former Farmers homewares building in Victoria Ave is a great venue.

With one entrance on Victoria Ave and another on St Hill St, there is good access and plenty of browsing room inside.

"For safety reasons we keep some stock stored out of the way," said Mr McGowan.

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"We don't want people tripping over them," he said.

Stocks are replenished as they run low and although sales have been brisk, there are still plenty of titles available.

There are thousands of titles in scores of categories on sale and there are CDs, DVDs, cassettes, videos and sheet music as well.

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Money raised from the annual sale goes to support the rotary club's local and overseas work.

"We have supported the Westmere Walkway development, tree plantings at Springvale Park and Matipo Park," said Mr McGowan.

"Support goes to reading assistance and Duffy Books in Schools, and we support youth leadership courses and student-exchange programmes."

Profits from the annual sale also support Whanganui Womens' Refuge, clean water programmes in Pacific Islands and equipment to support overseas aid work.

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